INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
At least eight Bangladeshi asylum seekers have been released from immigration detention in Australia after languishing there for a decade,
in a move that signals the Albanese government is winding back arbitrary detention, according to a lawyer for some of the men.But while
after being held in detention centres including Yongah Hilland the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation.Refugee lawyer Alison
Battisson, the director principal of Human Rights for All, which represents six of the asylum seekers, said their release is evidence the
of apostasy and beaten due to his relationship with a Hindu woman
the incoming ministerial brief in April there were 1,414 people detained in the immigration network of 12 detention centres, 61% of who are
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clients have legitimate refugee claims, with well-founded fears of return because they were targeted in Bangladesh due to family
This article first appeared/also appeared in theguardian.com
